Bus Driver Trainee

About the role

The Lucia Mar Unified School District is seeking a Bus Driver Trainee to join our team. The position involves transporting students to and from school, ensuring safety, and following a preplanned route according to a definite time schedule.

Responsibilities

• Attends and completes school bus driver training program.
• Drives district vehicle safely in accordance with time schedules; transports students to and from their homes, a variety of school sites, and on school related trips.
• Transports students, staff and chaperones to various locations in accordance with departure and return times; collects and carries all required forms including but not limited to log book, trip sheet, maps; exercises responsible leadership when on field trips.
• Operates a two way radio. Oversees the loading and unloading of students at appropriate bus stop(s).
• Operates special ramp on vehicles; loads and unloads students in wheelchairs on and off vehicle or bus; inspects wheelchair for operational safety and permits only properly functioning wheelchairs to load; operates ramp, assuring seatbelts on wheelchair are fastened, positions the wheelchairs in bus, and secures the wheelchair.
• Maintains order and proper district and department policies regarding student discipline; resolves disputes, documents and reports severe disciplinary cases.
• Maintains a variety of records and reports including but not limited to daily check-out report, mileage, routing, maintenance, and time schedules.
• Attends meetings, programs, and in-service trainings as assigned.
• Maintains current required licenses and certificates.
• Notifies appropriate individuals of any delays in scheduled routes.
• Affords assistance with other routes when breakdown or other unusual circumstances occur as assigned.
• Obeys all traffic laws and observes all mandatory safety regulations for school vehicles.
• Performs district vehicle evacuation for assigned route each school year.
• Assists with supervision of students or other duties as assigned at school sites in between routes or as needed in emergency situations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or its equivalent.
• Knowledge of operation of vehicles associated with a Basic Class C license; California Vehicle Code; regulations and laws pertaining to pupil transportation in California; first aid practices.

Qualifications

• Ability to act calmly and sensibly in stressful situations; react appropriately in emergencies; understand and carry out oral and written instructions; maintain cooperative relations; use good judgment.
• Ability to read and interpret a map; ability to learn to operate a two-way radio using required codes.
• Read and write in English at a level sufficient to successfully perform required duties.
• Valid California driver license and successful DMV clearance to operate and transport students in district vehicles.
• Valid driver license for at least five (5) years. Upon successful completion of the bus driver training program, obtain appropriate State licenses to operate all school buses including current MCSA 5875 and MCSA 5876 Medical Examiner Certificate.

Skills

• Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to see and read printed matter with or without vision aids.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels.
• Ability to speak English so that others may understand at normal levels.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, twist, bend over, grasp, reach overhead, push, pull, and move, lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds to waist height; up to 40 pounds occasionally.

Benefits

Health Benefits Classified Health Plans & Rates

Pay

Range 0, salary placement at $19.52 hourly

Schedule

192 days (Student days only) - 192 Day Work Year Calendar Monday - Friday only, 5 hours/day, 6:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. / 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Contact Information

To inquire about this position, please contact Jennifer Handy, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at 602 Orchard Street, Arroyo Grande, California, 93420. Phone: 805-474-3000 ext. 1190 Email: jennifer.handy@lmusd.org

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Lucia Mar Unified School District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or lactation, including related medical conditions and recovery; parental, family, or marital status; reproductive health decision making; physical or mental disability; medical condition; sex; sex stereotypes; sex characteristics; sexual orientation; gender; gender identity; gender expression; veteran or military status; or genetic information; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.